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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS 



" 'I'o say that Mr. Emerson is an exquisite word-painter and a keen observer of natural 

 objects, is to account for very httle of the extraordinary charm of the present volume. 

 We do not overpraise him in cahing him viking, naturalist, and poet in one. His gifts 

 are such as specially qualify him for bringing before us in an ever-shifting panorama . . . 

 the land of the picturesque. . . . Furnishes about as delightful reading as the true, typical 

 Briton could desire. . . . The illustrations are beautiful examples of artistic photography." 

 — Country Gentleman. 



" The eighteen views taken by himself of various characteristic bits of the Broad country 

 enhance the pleasure of reading his yarns. His minute observation extracts much that 

 is worth recording of the ways of birds, beasts, and fishes . . . and he has the eye to 

 see beauty in a landscape which is only relieved by points of detail. . . . He has a fine 

 appreciation of the marshman. . . . The log of the wherry is very full." — Athenccum. 



" Mr. Emerson was a hardy wherryman, and some of his chapters read iike the experi- 

 ence of an ice-bound Polar explorer. . . . Like Thoreau's 'Week on the Concord,' it is 

 the record, of a naturalist and word-painter; but, not to mention other differences, Mr. 

 Emerson has more interest than Thoreau in ordinary human nature." — Bookman. 



"In the daily record of a year spent on a house-boat, Mr. Emerson has given us 

 another of his impressionist picture-gallery. . . . He is evidently a great lover of bird 

 life. " — Spectator. 



" A capital holiday book for holiday makers in the eastern counties." — Sketch. 



" One of the most enjoyable books of the season. . . . During his cruise he saw and 

 heard more about wild nature than an average man sees during a lifetime. . . . His 

 book may be said to be thoroughly jolly, and not a dull sentence mars the text ; while 

 the pretty little engravings are a revelation to those who do not know the Broads. The 

 log, which is most carefully compiled, will prove valuable to students of natural history." 

 —News of the World. 



"There would appear to be an inexhaustible supply of men who prefer to go about 

 the country living in small boats and caravans, and Mr. Emerson being of the number, 

 has given his experiences for the benefit of those who are like-minded with himself." — 

 Baily s Magazine. 



"We took up the volume with a feeling bv no means favourable to the author, for 

 of late years we have been overwhelmed with books on the Norfolk Broads. Mr. Emerson, 

 however, has a far better claim than most to write on the subject. . . . Mr. Emerson 

 is a good field naturalist." — Natural Science. 



" 'On English Lagoons' is a clever book by a clever man. . . . Mr. Emerson is an 

 enthusiast in inland navigation, a keen sportsman, and an intelligent naturalist. . . . 

 There is poetry in his picturesque and sympathetic descriptions. . . . But by far the 

 most touching of his stories is the tragedy of a confiding and frozen out robin. . . . 

 Though quite a recent acquaintance, the robin was mourned like the canary of Matthew 

 Arnold." — Saturday Review. 



" One of the men who has done most to show the artistic possibilities of tlie Broads 

 is Mr. P. H. Emerson." — Graphic. 



" Graphic pictures of these waters under their winter aspect as well as under a summer 

 sky. Much that he has written is highly interesting. . . . Keen artistic perception. . . . 

 From a naturalist point of view the reader cannot fail to be pleased with the kindly spirit 

 which pervades the book, the evident delight which the author takes in his feathered 

 friends and his disgust for their wanton destruction." — Nature. 



" It was, if we mistake not, Wilkie Collins who first made the Broads known to that 

 large portion of the public, the novel-readers. . , . This is, on the whole, the most amusing 

 log of these fresh-water voyages we have met with, and it would be difficult to give it 

 higher praise than that it tempts the reader to follow such a guide. ... It is all so 



